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on: Aug 16, 2013
How may a plant respond to severe heat stress?
A) by reorienting leaves to increase evaporative cooling
B) by creating air tubes for ventilation
C) by initiating a systemic acquired resistance response
D) by increasing the proportion of unsaturated fatty acids in cell membranes, reducing their fluidity
E) by producing heat-shock proteins, which may protect the plant's proteins from denaturing


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Reply #1 on: Aug 20, 2013
I chose E and got the answer, hope that helps.


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